diet
/ˈdaɪət/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.57 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
Countable
noun
Any habitual intake or consumption.
Example Sentences
- "The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo."
- "It is common policy to order no more diet than will be used within one month."
- "He's been on a diet since he found out that he has coronary atherosclerosis."
- "The doctor put me on a low-salt diet."
- "My jeans are too tight, so I'm going on a diet."
- "He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years."
Etymology
From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: diet, diete, dieta, diaeta, δίαιτα, dieten